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Once COVID-19 production shutdowns forced several musicians to record alone for the opening time, indie-pop ingenue Claud Mintz had a leg up. They started writing and releasing music in 2018 because the lead of Toast, a now-defunct lo-fi duo they formed as a college student with their best friend, producer Josh Mehling. Nevertheless they lived in the same city and attended university..
Read MoreBTS are no strangers to iconic MTV performances. Last August at the VMAs, they virtually spanned the globe for a neon-centric rendition of No. 1 hit "Dynamite," making the event a suit-and-tie affair as they moved through its three minutes of disco-pop. Their latest venture with MTV promises to be a little bit more stripped-down, however identically iconic. That's because few perfor..
Read MoreEven Daniel Craig would agree: The Weeknd hardly needs an introduction. On one of the world's biggest stages Sunday night (February 7), at the Super Bowl LV halftime show, he demonstrated why. In a career-spanning set that bounded from his early pop hits to his current smashes, Abel Tesfaye embraced his status as a world pop star by means of the a fancy, multi-part spectacle centered..
Read MoreSophie’s music oversaturated, overtook, and in my earliest listenings, it stirred something within my body that I didn’t know existed or, perhaps, didn’t however have the courage to acknowledge. Even before the Glasgow-born producer introduced herself to the world, the sound she developed in anonymity, though entirely computer-generated, had a distinctly visceral quality: It sna..
Read MoreFor Tayla Parx, everything is about the music. Any time you begin adding ego into [it], saying, 'Well, I have to write this,' that's not about the song, then. That's about you," she tells MTV News correspondent Dometi Pongo. And she would know. With dozens of songwriting credits to her name, and a pair of emotionally probing albums of her own, the singer-songwriter has fortified hers..
Read MoreZayn’s most valuable asset has habitually been his voice. While in his four albums with One Direction, his falsetto memorably crested key moments of some of the band’s biggest singles, and “Zayn high notes” remains a popular YouTube search, yielding countless videos with millions (and millions) of views. His first solo album, 2016’s Mind of Mine, noticed him weaponizing that..
Read MoreLast April, Rosalía was waiting for Billie Eilish to send her vocal contributions for their much-teased group effort. "I feel like the production, the sound design, is essentially done," she told Variety at the time, "so I just need that Billie maybe sends the vocals and so they send me the ideas that they aspire to add because we are there." It might've taken a while to finalize, n..
Read MoreRight following the swearing in of both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on January 20, the new administration got to work. Biden immediately signed over a dozen executive orders, reversing some of the previous administration's, and implemented a mask mandate for federal personnel, recommitted the United States to the Paris climate agreement, paused student cash ad..
Read MoreLady Gaga brought her pipes to Inauguration Day. On the steps of the United State Capitol, as President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris awaited to be sworn in to their new offices, Gaga belted out "The Star-Spangled Banner" in a red ball gown and black top a golden dove pin attached to her. Accompanied by the marine musical group, Gaga utilized a gold microphon..
Read MoreIn late 2018, any time "Old Town Road" was first gaining steam on TikTok and other online platforms, conversations arose around the nature its rise. Was it a meme with a BPM? A savvy bit of web culture come alive with a Nine Inch Nails sample? The apotheosis of the yeehaw agenda? the response was likely yes to all, and the result became legendary: Immediately after Billy Ray Cyrus ho..
Read MoreOn Wednesday, January 20, President-elect Joe Biden will celebrate his inauguration with a TV special called Celebrating America alternatively opposed to with usual in-person ceremonies due to COVID-19 safety concerns, Politico reports. The 90-minute show will highlight and honor frontline workers who remain out there while in the raging pandemic, and the full thing will be hosted by ..
Read MoreBy Yara El-Soueidi the opening notes of Sophia Bel’s songs evoke old memories of Razr phones, iPod Nanos, ultra-shiny bubblegum lip glosses, and heavily underlined eyes — a time as soon as scene kids and preppy jocks shared high school hallways. The Montreal indie-pop singer explores unique sounds crafted from the music that influenced her if she was a teenager, the post-punk an..
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